The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-15

was combed back without part, dressed
over the ears like half oyster shell, and
down the back of the head in a long oolong
puff Gold rings kept it ali III place, but II
had the appearance Of being soaped to make
it smooth and stiff. The forehead was ex-
tremely high, and the eyebrows had a
habitually surprised curve The cheeks
were round, dotted with charming dimples,
the nose a little inclined TO fatness, but
withal piquant, the teeth exquistely white
and beautifully shaped, and the lips either
artificially dyed, or naturally rich
carmine. With the air and look Of childish
innocence, Mrs. San Chong was not bad to
look al.
But her dress! It is hard TO describe it so
as to give an idea Of its delicate beauty, 1t
was a light blue silken robe trimmed with
bands Of crimson silk. The upper robe was
made with flowing sleeves, which disclosed
| a similar white silk robe underneath. The
skirt or petticoat, of pain crimson, was
made precisely straight. and touched the
| floor. Her tiny feet, not more than hve
| inches in length, were covered with white
| silk hosiery, and inserted in dainty Chinese
| slippers of blue silk, embroidered i'll gold,
with white satin covered soles Her arms
were loaded with bracelets Of several kinds,
! and her ears held rings Of enormous size.
Her silver thimble, with which she mad been
sewing, still clasped the little brown finger.
1t was a silver band worn on the second
joint of the middle finger Mrs. San Chong
moved around with a quiet grace and ease
that would be the envy of Fifth avenue
belle
The rooms, if not beautiful, possessed in
an eminent degree that virtue which is next
to godliness. In front of a small private
altar joss sticks and sandalwOod Censers
threw little smoke clouds of perfume into
the air Grotesque pictures, statuary, and
bric-a-brac ornamented the walls. Here
and there banners and scrolls of gorgeous
hue. and covered with quotations from the
great poets and masters of China, reached
from ceiling to floor. White curtains half
concealed doors and windows. The furni-
ture was like some of the inhabitants Of
North street, a curious conglomeratlon of
America and Canton. Canton, or Fuan
Tung, by the way, is the New York of
Southern China The bed is merely small
board bunk. Its dressing was rolled up
and put into bright-colored slips These,
covered with rugs. allow the bunk
to be used as a sofa during the
day. Several embroidery frames with
art work in various stages of progress, oc-
cupied table III the corner. Our converse
ton was limited, but Lee Chick was good
English scholar and did the translating.
He is teaching Mrs San Chong English, but
she forgets She reads poetry, history, and
love stories, and spends all her day alone,
her husband leaving in the morning and not
returning until evening. She never visits;
cannot be induced to quit her quarters. All
her food is cooked by a servant in the store,
and her husband carries all the meals to her
room
SIS your wife satisfedY' / asked Lee
Chick. mo, she is not She is perfectly
happy in her home life, having no other de
sire, but she is childless, the greatest Attic
ton that can befall a Chinese wife"
Lee Chick is also very much dissatisfied
at the rate his family refuses to increase.
After trying unsuccessfully to adopt some
American child, he has decided to take this
wife back to China and leave her there.
He will then procure himself another. He
has already one wife i'll China ami two
children, but she refuses to come to Ameri-
ca. Lee Chick wants an American for num-
Der three, and he made the writer a pro
poSal. He was told that men outside of
Utah were allowed but one wife, and that
if they were found TO have one i'll Brook
lyn and one in Harlem they would get
into serious trouble 1.-TWO wives in
one room in China no trouble" was
his reply. This is inconceivable, but it is
true. With all their addition in wives, di-
vorce and infdelity are very rare. The
wife most appreciated is she who finds use
for the most personal names We drank a
social cup of tea from china cups about
twice the size of thimble, and after wish
ing one another a ''Kung He Fla Toi, the
equivalent OF Il wish you great prosperity"
the interview was over. Ii would seem that
women never wear the brooches in the Ce-
lcstial empire, but when l asked Lee Chick
he sighed and said that there were just as
many henpecEed husbands i'll the Orient,
"Allee samee Amelikan